Autotrophic nitrogen removal from black water: Calcium addition as a requirement for settleability

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-74

  De Graaff, M S ^a,b   Temmink, H ^a,b   Zeeman, G ^a   van Loosdrecht, M C M ^c   Buisman, C J N ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anammox; Black water; Calcium addition; Nitrogen removal; Separation at source

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GLOBAL WARMING; GRANULATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ANAMMOX; AUTOTROPHIC NITROGEN REMOVAL; BLACK WATER; CALCIUM ADDITION; CALCIUM CONCENTRATION; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS; NITROGEN REMOVAL RATES;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

CALCIUM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOMESTIC WASTE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; PHOSPHORUS; SEPARATION; SEWAGE;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DOMESTIC WASTE; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; LAUNDRY; NITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; STREAM (RIVER); TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78649643865     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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